Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Australia is producing as many as 40% more local books each year than previous industry surveys have indicated, according to new analysis of 2007's publishing output to be published in...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich stays atop the Bestseller chart this week, with 4 Ingredients coming in second. Clive Cussler is on the high seas with The Plague Ship, which...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Reed Gift Fairs Brisbane 12-15 July, BrisbaneBridging Communities Festival, 13 July, MelbourneTo view these and...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Science fiction author, critic and poet Thomas M. Disch has died, he was 68. On Wings of Song and 334 were two of his best known novels.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Watson's niece, Katherine Lyall-Watson, writes: 'It is with great sadness that I tell you of Lyall Watson's passing. He died in Gympie Hospital, Australia, on 25 June, aged 69. Lyall...

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:new CEO at Baker & Taylorgood year for the German book industryWaterstone's bounces backattendance up at Book Expo...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Judy Slatyer, CEO at Lonely Planet, has resigned from the role to take on the position of chief operating officer at global conservation organisation WWF. Slatyer described the new role...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The Lost Dog by Michelle De Kretser (A&U) has been named the winner of this year's Australian Literature Society (ALS) Gold Medal for an outstanding literary work. The award has...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Leading Edge Books, the buying group of independent booksellers, has announced further details of its new ‘Indie Prize'. The prize, which will ‘honour an Australian author for best book of...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Margaret Gee, the Sydney-based literary agent, has announced the creation of a speakers' bureau. The bureau, which draws on Gee's authors, includes such personalities as Derryn Hinch, Don Burke, Barry...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
New Zealand's Paper Plus chain stores are in the process of unveiling a new look. The multimillion-dollar overhaul began in Tauranga last week, as reported by The Dominion Post. The...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Here Lies Arthur (Philip Reeve, Scholastic) and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears (Emily Gravett, Macmillan) have won this year's CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals, respectively. The Carnegie Medal...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The Canberra Writers' Festival, held from 18 to 23 June, attracted large numbers, particularly to seminars and workshops, reports festival director Anne-Maree Britton. Seminars focussing on writers' needs were attended...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The 32nd annual Galley Club Awards for Excellence in Book and Magazine Production were presented in Sydney on 27 June. Awards included Australian Printed Book of the Year, which went...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The shortlisted titles for this year's Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing have been announced. Presented each year by the Australian Publishers Association (APA), and sponsored by Ligare Book...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Salman Rushdie, whose novel The Satanic Verses famously resulted in a fatwa being placed on the author, has been knighted for his services to literature. Rushdie was knighted by Queen...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Following a story about the 2008 Books Alive list in last week's WBN, Books Alive has clarified the information provided on publisher representation. The break-down of titles on the list...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
The shortlist for the 2008 Australian Christian Book of the Year awards has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from more than 50 titles submitted by 27 Australian publishers, are:...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Atwood wins top Spanish literature prizeCanadian author Margaret Atwood has been awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for literature, beating 32 nominees from 24 countries. Described as ‘one of...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Stephanie Plum, heroine of numerical proportions comes in at number one in the Bestsellers and Highest New Entries chart with Fearless Fourteen, Janet Evanovich's latest book in the series. 4...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Trade events coming up over the next week, as shown on our events calendar, include: Closing date for Max Afford Playwright's Award, 4 JulyTo view these and more forthcoming events,...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Irina Baronova, ballerina and author of Irina: Ballet, Life and Love (Penguin) has died. Penguin Australia writes: 'Her many friends at Penguin were saddened by the news that Irina Baronova...

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Children's author, BlueCatBooks publisher and mentor Leone Peguero has died.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Among the stories added to our Around the World blog in the past week:Amazon/Hachette UK stand-off continuesPenguin UK to consult on firm-sale movesFaber website relaunchCape Town Book Fair a successChinese...